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18 February 1944
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 14 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Caroline Is.
TF 58 completes attacks on Truk during which most airfields are left unserviceable and many aircraft are destroyed on the ground and in the air.
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Eniwetok Atoll
22d Marines, supported by elements of an Army cannon company, invades Engebi after preparatory bombardment. Enemy offers organized resistance only at S tip of island, which by 1450 is declared secure.
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American naval air raid takes place on the Truk islands, a major Japanese naval base, but they will be one of the bypassed fortresses of the Japanese outer defence ring.
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The light cruiser is torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Anzio with a loss of 415 crew.
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France
1944 operation against Amiens prison in World War II.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 42 Allied sorties (5 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-02-18, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, RAF. Targets included BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 104 Allied sorties (14 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-02-18, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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